--- title: Genesis 15:4 (JPS 1917) — And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 'This man s… · tree and pragmatics description: And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 'This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.' Who acts: word, man, Abram. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (word, man, Abram), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:GEN:380 # text = And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 'This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 behold behold INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 17 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 22 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 forth forth ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 bowels bowel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 38 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the word of the LORD | | | | | unto Abram | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the word of the LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is a** | shall | this man | thine heir but thine heir | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | shall | | | | thine own bowels | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out bowel=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is a** | shall | Abram | thine heir | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וְהִנֵּ֨ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֤ה אֵלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א יִֽירָשְׁךָ֖ זֶ֑ה כִּי־אִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵצֵ֣א מִמֵּעֶ֔יךָ ה֖וּא יִֽירָשֶֽׁךָ׃ [Genesis 15:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:380` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Genesis 15:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.379/) - next →: [Genesis 15:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.381/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 15:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.4/)